craftyhunnypie Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Job done, see ' splayed leg' thread! Seems happy with its handmade hobble. It should work, just needs a bit more TLC for a few days bless it. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mum Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Congrats on your egg process/hatchlings ladies; bravo! Oh wow...can't wait to see piccies! I'm planning on hatching some eggs under one of my pekins after easter, assuming that they play ball and go broody for me! Oh your pekins will most definately go broody! and maybe before Easter too They make great Mum's! Do you have a ready to hand supplier of fertilized eggs? Once they go broody, time is of the essence, in my (limited) experience. Also, do bear in mind, each egg has a 50:50 chance of being male. Last Spring I hatched 6 eggs under a broody (Silkie). Fifty/fifty meant I should have had 3 hens. Of those 6: 1 did not hatch; of the 5 which hatched, only one was female That female is still alive and kicking and totally adorable I am extremely fortunate that the farm I get my eggs/chooks from will take any returnees (e.g. cockerels ) however, if you do not have that option, you need to think carefully what you will do if 80% of your eggs are male (as was my case ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmastar Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Well i now have 7 chicks the small one that i didnt think was doing well i think has a splay leg also so going to read up and fix it now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
